Pierre Brasseur
Birthday: 1905-12-22 | Place of Birth: Paris, FranceFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse (22 December 1905, Paris – 16 August 1972, Bruneck, Italy) was a French actor. He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur. His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well. The family tradition of using the name Brasseur was continued by his son Claude and his grandson Alexandre. Renowned for playing outsized characters, Brasseur is probably best known in the anglophone world for his (semi-fictionalised) portrayal of the actor Frédérick Lemaître in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945) and as Docteur Génessier (more subdued) in the horror film Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage, 1960) co-starring with Alida Valli. On May 30, 1927, Brasseur performed the spoken role of the Narrator in the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
Role
as La Brunetière
as Gosselin
as Florisse
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
as Self
as Faria
as Husband
as Jules Polnick
as Father Ballanchon
as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
as Fernand Toussaint
as Laurent
as Le Grec
as Le Général Géranium
as Nissim Buzaglo
as Le Maharadjah (l'oncle)
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
as Patache
as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
as Georges Richter
as Simone Palumbo
as Charlèz
as Mayor
as Russian killer
as Alfio Magnano
as François Larmentiel
as Professor Génessier
